TIMELINE

1980's

1990's

2000's Onwards


1980's


BHS Levels Riding and Horsemanship Levels 1 -3.

Equi-study correspondence course: Horse Knowledge and Riding Stage III and Horsemastership Certificate received (Distinction).

British Horse Society Riding and Road Safety Certificate.

1990's


Charles Wilson (Natural Horsemanship Courses and contributor for Your House) 

Stallion Day and Natural Horsemanship Courses plus private lessons. 

Martha Kiley Worthington clinic at The Manor, Sinnington, North Yorkshire.  

Rachel Bedingfield talks on Nutrition ‘Simple Feeds’, Strasser clinic on barefoot riding and bitless clinic.  

Mark Rashid workshop at Unicorn Trust, Bourton on the Bourne (first time in UK), 

James Sturgeon American horse handler from Iowa (first time in UK held at Cutters Canines) 

Ben Hart Equine Clicker workshop here at Cutters Canines.

Equine Behaviour Forum Member. 

Lucy Rees Clinic ‘The Horses Mind’ Buttermere, North Yorkshire

Introduction to Counselling Course (Joseph Priestly College, Rothwell) with Certification

Administrator of York Certificate of Academic Practice through Institute of Learning and Teaching.

Monty Roberts Learning to Listen 2 week Clinic with own horse to include theory and practical

Train the Trainer Workshop and Qualification ‘University of Leeds’.

2000's Onwards


Tellington Touch Hayley Price (Cutters Canines)

Dog Agility Dawn Ash (Cutters Canines)

Life Skills For Dogs Claire Klima (Cutters Canines)

  Relationship Building Claire Klima (Cutters Canines) 

Good Citizen Dog Scheme

Ben Hart Equine Clicker Training and Behaviour workshop, Saxton.
FdSc in Canine Behaviour and Training.  

IABTC Canine Nutrition Seminar, Dr John Lowe BSc, PhD, CBiol, MIBiol, RNutr.

Puppy School behavioural seminar Clavering Stables, Essex for demonstration of classical riding.
Registered to teach The Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme up to Gold Standard
Canine behavioural workshop, Leeds Dog Trust.
Rachel Moreland Parelli Clinic, Fulmer Equitation Clinic, Ledston with own horses.  
Parelli Natural Horsemanship Assessments with own horses

Puppy School Behavioural 5: Aggression to people, Dowdeswell 

CAST Dog Training Canine Activity Weekend at Leases Grange, Leeming Barr for Good Citizen Dog Scheme.  
Jacqui Chant (Parelli Instructor) Equine Behaviour Clinic with own horse (Nottingham).
Rode in Equine Behaviour/Parelli Clinic Nottingham.

Rode and attended Equine personality Clinic. Russell Higgins Nottingham

Overall Championship in hand with my rescue horse Scarlett at Homestead Show, Monk Fryson

Grisha Stewart Seminar ‘Intro to Behavioural Adjustment Technique (BAT) for Reactivity in Dogs’ Brighouse, West Yorkshire.
Demonstration on Horse Liberty at Park View Stables, Cawood for Cawood Craft Festival.

Chicken Training Workshop for Dog Trainers: including chicken handling, desensitisation, classical and operant conditioning, positive reinforcement, negative punishment, shaping, discrimination, counter conditioning and extinction, Cold Higham.
Equine Clinic with Guy Robertson , Doncaster Racing Stables

Dog Obedience Training Day, IABTC, Haxey Carr

3 day Puppy School Behavioural Course 6, Gwen Bailey 

Dog Obedience Training Workshop, IABTC, Haxey Carr

Monty Roberts Clinic Bishop Burton

Richard Maxwell Clinic Harrogate Equestrian Centre

Rachel Moreland Clinic Parelli Levels 3/4, Beverley

Six week training and riding clinic with Mattie Cowherd (Parelli) Symonds Yatt, Ross on Wye, Wales with own horses.

Turbary Obedience Challenge with Breeze. Awarded 91 out of 100, Angela White KCAI

IABTC Marketing a Canine Business, Haxey Carr, Doncaster.

Equine Communication and Behaviour workshop, Cheshire.

Jody Ruysen Natural Horse Clinic, Gainsborough.

IABTC/KCAI How to run successful Puppy Parties course , Jane Hanshaw Dip CABT, KCAI Beh Adv, CD Adv.

IABTC (International Animal Behaviour Training College) Teaching Skills Workshop for Dog Training Instructors, Haxey Carr, Doncaster.

Rachel Moreland Equine Clinic – attended with own horses – Fulmer Equitation Centre

Dave Stewart – Young Horse Starting, Lancashire

Russell Higgins Equine Clinic (Discovering Horsenalities and how to work within that): Theory and Practicals at Park Farm Gainsborough – Took own horses. Won in hand and long line skill games.

IABTC/KCAI Psychology, Principles and Practice of Recall and Loose Lead Clinic

Awarded Foundation Degree in Science in Canine Behaviour and Training, Bishop Burton College/University of Hull.

Annual Puppy School Conferences, Honicombe Manor, Devon.

Awarded BSc (Hons) Applied Animal Behaviour and Training, Bishop Burton College/University of Hull
IABTC Seminar on ‘Marketing a Canine Business’, Haxey Carr.
Catherine O’Driscoll, Raw Food and vaccination Seminar, Wakefield.
Animal Behavioural Seminar Lincoln University, Danny Mills
3 day Chris Cox Western Clinic, Willoughby Equestrian Centre, Beverley.
Current Research in Companion Animal Behaviour Seminar, University of Lincoln.
Franklin Levinson Western Riding and Behaviour Clinic (took my horses), Tadcaster.
4 day IABTC/KCAI Dog Instructors Course and Assessment, Haxey Carr, Doncaster.

Awarded IABTC Approved Pet Dog Training Instructor (KCAI) Distinction

Awarded IABTC Approved Advanced Behavioural Adviser, (KCAI) Distinction

Horse Carriage Driving Clinics with my own horse, Ledston Equitation College
Claudia Fugazza ‘Do It’ Workshop (Positive Solutions) Alfreton, Manchester.
Guy Robertson Horsemanship Demo, Northern Racing College, Doncaster.
Mark Taylor, Western Lessons at home on my own horse.
BSc (Hons) Applied Behaviour and Training: Dissertation ‘Has the modern dog lost its social skills’
Dr Susan Friedman Seminar, ‘A Systematic Science-Based Approach to Humanely and Effectively Solving Problem Behaviour 

Situations with Animals’ Bishop Burton College, East Yorkshire.
Carriage Driving Lessons with my own horse, Steve Hoyles , Park View Stables, Cawood

Northern Carriage Driving Event, Moorcroft Equestrian Stables.
Nicole Wilde Seminar, Helping Fearful Dogs and Separation Anxiety and Dissecting the   

Dynamics of Dog to Dog Play, Cedar Court Hotel, Leeds

Pat Cooper, Carriage Driving Lessons, East Rigton, Leeds
Carriage Driving Masterclass, with past Olympic dressage rider, Joyce Fern, Escrick.
Cross-country Carriage Driving weekend, Allerton Park, Leeds (Spectator and Timekeeper)
Buck Brannahan (Natural Horsemanship) Dublin Horse Show 
Equine Agility at Liberty (Advanced BSc (Hons) Equine Exam Practical- 86%).
Interview with Ruth Downing re: vaccination v titre test for Dog’s Monthly magazine.  

Cutters Canines first local home boarding centre to accept titre tests with attending vet letter.
Attendance at Groomer of the Year, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire and accompanying behavioural seminars.
Karen Pryor evening at Bromley Cross, Bolton (Part of Clicker Expo).
Clinical Animal Behaviour Seminar (latest research) , University of Lincoln.
Driving Lessons with Scarlett, David Wilkinson (World Champion Equine Team Carriage Driver), Shelf Nr. Halifax
Carriage Driving Event with own horse (Scarlett) Ledston Equitation Centre
Carriage Driving Training Event with own horse, Askham Bryan College, York
Travelled to Cumbria to help international Dog Agility team with premature send offs.
Horse Conscious Webinar, Tutor: Sandra Wallin.
IABTC/KCAI 2 day Canine Aggression and Reactivity Workshop, Haxey Carr, Doncaster.
Sue Armstrong (Vet and Owner of Balanced Being Veterinary Clinic) Talk on animal hearing ‘Hear all about it’, IDEXX Wetherby.
Parelli Weekend, Solihull, Birmingham.
IABTC/KCAI How Dogs Learn course plus 24 hours study. Awarded.
IABTC/KCAI Evolution of Breeds Course plus 20 hours study and assessment. Awarded.
Martin Black, Natural Horsemanship Clinic, Northern Racing College, Doncaster.
Ken Ramirez Seminar, ‘Training from Core to Complex: The Many Faces of the Modern Trainer, Doncaster Wildlife Park, Doncaster.
Pea Horsley 5 day Animal Communication Workshop, Totness, Devon.
In Harmony with Horses Clinic, Magrit Coates, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax.
Trevor Cooper Course ‘Dog Law: What every responsible owner need to know’ Naburn, Nr York.
IABTC /KCAI Canine Behaviour and Modification: Brain and Behaviour Course, Haxey Carr, Doncaster. Following 40 hours of study and assessment awarded Distinction.

APBC Provisional Member.

Emotional Freedom Technique Workshop for People and Dogs, Touch Canine Care Centre, Lynn Greaves (APDT), 

Harrogate. IABTC: Intro to Behaviour Modification assessments.
Organised Spanish Equine Clinic to introduce Ground work for Rescue Horses with Racheal Jefferson and Hilary Martin, Mercia, Spain.
Animal Communication workshop, Pea Horsley – Ilkley, West Yorkshire.
IABTC Intermediate Behaviour Modification Assessments with Angela White, Haxey Carr, Doncaster.
Natural Dog Conference (on-line), (10 hours of CPD certificate). Dean Barrow/Caroline Griffiths
APBC webinar ‘Medication in Behaviour Modification’ Sarah Heath.
IABTC Advanced Behaviour Modification, 3 day course with Assessment, IABTC Angela White.
Animal Communication. Lynn Greaves (APDT)
APBC Webinar Lori Lofthouse ‘Identification of emotional states in equines through observing of body language.
Dr Susan Friedman Seminar ‘Functional Assessment and Analysis: Hypothesizing the What, When and Why of 

Behaviour Problems. Leeds
APBC Webinar Ben Hart ‘Human Behaviour Change’.
Brenda Aloff Askham Bryan College, York “Handling Reactive Dogs/Training Reactive Dogs.
Zoopharmacognosy: Animals Healing Themselves. Karen Webb (Full Practitioner)
BSAVA Helping horses with box rest webcam. (Supplied photos for this).
Helping horses with box rest workshop Claire Klima (Cutters Canines)

Ken Ramirez Seminar, Leeds. Presenting: Aggression, Games Trainers Play, Behaviour Chains, Husbandry Training, 

Recipe for Becoming a Top Trainer.
Attendance at UFAW Annual Conference , York ‘Recent Advances in Animal Welfare Science’.
IABTC Canine Behaviour and Modification Full Award – Distinction Approved Advanced Canine Behavioural Trainer to include assessments in: How Dogs Learn, Breeds and Evolution, Brain and Behaviour, Instructing Pet Owners, 

Introduction to Behaviour Modification, Intermediate Behaviour Modification, Advanced Behaviour Modification.
Measuring Animal Welfare and applying scientific Advances – why is it so difficult? Royal Holloway, London.  
Judge at Stutton Dog Show.

An Introductory Canine Practical Workshop in Applied Zoopharmacognosy : How animals heal themselves naturally by self-selection and how to offer remedies and read the responses from you own dogs. Karen Webb (Full Practitioner).
Doggie Toolbox for Nervous Behaviour – Lynne Greaves (APDT)
Monty Roberts/Kelly Marks Presentation – Bishop Burton.
Truth about Wolves and Dogs Talk, Toni Shelbourne, Naburn, Nr York.
APBC Webinar ‘Introducing the benefits of mindfulness for the pet behaviour counsellor: Tutor Rachel Lilley.
Equine Behaviour Forum Minute taker (first joined in 1990s)
APBC Webinar “Differentials and treatment approaches for separation anxiety. David Appleby.
APBC Separation Anxiety Webinar Aug 2017 Moved to Prospect Farm, Cropton, North Yorkshire to further my work with horses.  
Animal Communication workshop Pea Horsley - working with dogs at Sheffield Rescue Centre
Animal Communication, Pea Horsley, York.
APBC Annual Conference, Kettering, Northhants
Animals at War Presentation to include training and relationships built through hardship and trauma, York Army Museum.

Attendance at UFAW Symposium ‘Measuring Animal Welfare’ Royal Holloway.
20 Mar 2018 Wellbeing and Mindfulness Workshop, Boroughbridge.
24-25 Mar 18 Magrit Coates Animal Communication with HAPPA Rescue horses, Burnley, Lancs
23 May 2018 IAABC Animal Behaviour Conference, Hilton, Manchester
Equine Cultures in Transition Conference. Leeds Beckett University, Leeds
Ben Hart 6 keys to successful equine training clinic, Brackenholme, Nr Selby.
Lucy Rees, Horses in Company, Harrogate
Reiki/Seichem Levels 1 and 2 (Di Wilson)
APBC webcam Sarah Davies Classical Treatment Plan
APBC webcam Operant Treatment Plan
APBC 2 days of Case Studies Leeds Dogs Trust

Ride Yorkshire Hacking Skills workshop, Barmby Moor
Ongoing (online) Jane Myers Equiculture Horse Husbandry and Rider Biomechanics
Jennie Lorriston-Clarke Working Horses from the Ground, Bishop Burton College
CEVA Cognitive dysfunction and ageing in dogs
IAABC Animal Behaviour Conference, Hilton Manchester
Sarah Davies Operant Treatment Plan APBC webcam
Sarah Davies Classical Treatment Plan APBC webcam

Writtle College, Essex 2 day equine behaviour workshop Justine Harrison and Lucy Rees.
Jenni Nellist Observation of horses on the Gower, Wales.

IAABC Supporting Member in Good Standing
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